Sentence examples for strengthened himself from inspiring English sources

By his withdrawal he has strengthened himself & weakened his rivals in both parties.

During the rest of the 1580s, while Hideyoshi busily extended his control over the daimyo of southwestern Japan, Ieyasu strengthened himself as best he could.

At the launch party on Thursday, the feared Berlin legend claimed that at 52 he was "fast on my way towards age-related mildness", and said he strengthened himself for his nine-hour shifts with a healthy diet of Ryvita and bananas.

The Editor's Notes of the 1980 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack reported, under the heading "England's Promising Youngsters", that Agnew had strengthened himself over the winter by felling trees.

The second possibility is that Mr. Yanukovich's priority is to strengthen himself internally.

Kertanagara thought that he could stop an invasion only by aligning himself with or conquering neighbouring states and by strengthening himself with religious rites.

"Bush didn't strengthen himself tonight, but Kerry's the one who needed to, and he didn't, or at least not enough," Mr. Fanson said.

By taking on the provincial police, President Kirchner hopes to strengthen himself on two related fronts, government officials and public security experts said.

It means Karzai must think that anti-Americanism plays well on the streets of Afghanistan and that by dabbling in it himself — as he did during his presidential campaign — he will strengthen himself politically.

Ho tried to broaden his support in order to strengthen himself, in addition to decreasing Chinese and French power.

Rather than giving up, I suggested he take action to protect and strengthen himself through these challenging times.